Jon Sobel Celebrates Release Of Solo Recording With Acoustic Show, March 28 With Elisa Peimer
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Bagel&Rat Records) - Jon Sobel, Whisperado's main lead singer and songwriter, has released his first solo recording, a three-song EP entitled "Four Finger John." The title track is a mini-tribute to the Who's late bass player, John Entwistle. There's also a folksy version ...
| Boston's Crooked Still Live At Hugh's Room, Toronto March 15
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Crooked Still Official Website) - Crooked Still are, according to the Boston Globe, 'the most important folk group to emerge from Boston since the early '60s'. The group has received invitations from huge events like the historic Newport and Telluride Festivals in addition ...
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Zac Brown Band Wins Top New Vocal Group Award, Nominated For Top New Artist Award By Academy Of Country Music
New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The Academy of Country Music Awards today announced that the Zac Brown Band has won the fan-voted nomination for Top New Vocal Duo or Group - joining the company of previous winners Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town and Sugarland - and will go on to contend ...
| Diana Jones Sings of 'Better Times' On New Album, Out May 19th
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Diana Jones channels the "flavour of a bygone era" (The Guardian UK) on 'Better Times,' (May 19th, Proper American). Combining high lonesome singing, traditional strains of mountain and old-time music, and a highly literate lyrical sensibility, Jones ...
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Americana Singer/Songwriter and Blues Pianist Clint Morgan's New CD is Now Available
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Lost Cause Records) - A new genre-bending album that blends blues, gospel, country, and rock-n-roll has been released by singer-songwriter Clint Morgan and The Lost Cause. A musical run through Mississippi blues, Texas country, and Memphis rock and roll, 'You're Really ...
| Tom Russell To Play @ Hugh's Room, Toronto, Canada
Toronto, Canada (Top40 Charts/ Tom Russell Official Website) - 'Tom Russell's not famous, but his songs are. Russell could care less about fame. He's all about strong songs - and his work has been recorded by Johnny Cash, Ian Tyson and k.d. lang among others'. So begins an interview with Canwest News ...
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14,000 In 14 Minutes! Kenny Chesney's Kansas City Sell-Out Makes It 7 of His Opening On-Sales
Kansas City, MO. (Top40 Charts/ BNA Records) - After seven years of touring to over a million fans each summer, Kenny Chesney continues his instant sell-out momentum - moving 14,000 tickets in under 14 minutes in Kansas City . With sell-outs in Boston's Gillette Stadium (for the fifth year) and Philadelphia ...
| Jake Owen Blasts Onto The Country Album Sales Chart At No 2 With Sophomore Disc, Easy Does It
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ RCA Records) - RCA Nashville hitmaker Jake Owen roars onto the country album sales chart this week, as his sophomore collection, Easy Does It, takes it anything but easy with first-week sales in excess of 23,000, earning Jake a No 2 berth on Billboard's Top Country Albums ...
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Keith Urban Invites Fans To 'Complete His Album' With Advance Tracks, A Bonus Song And Video Podcasts
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol Records) - Keith Urban fans eagerly awaiting the upcoming Defying Gravity album will get to hear the new material ahead of the album release and will get an exclusive bonus song when they purchase at least one track in advance and then complete the album on iTunes. ...
| George Strait Sells Out The Dallas Cowboys' New Stadium In One Hour!
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ MCA Nashville) - King of Country Music George Strait sells out the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium in less than one hour. The Inaugural event is set for June 6, 2009. Strait will be joined by superstar Reba McEntire, hit singer/songwriter Blake Shelton and recording artist ...
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Joe Nichols Tours Australia - Set To Releases New Single In April
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Records South) - Universal Records South recording artist Joe Nichols kicked off a multi- city tour of Australia February 27 at the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia and will spend a total of 10 days touring the country. These dates mark the artist's ...
| Jeff Cook Of Country Supergroup Alabama Brings Fans Into The 'Limelight'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Jeff Cook Official Website) - Alabama founding member Jeff Cook and his Allstar Goodtime Band are showing fan appreciation on Thursday, March 12 with an exclusive listening party to be held at Limelight in Nashville, TN. The listening party will give fans a special sneak ...
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Tracy Lawrence Introduces New Single 'Up To Him' From His Upcoming Inspirational Country CD, THE ROCK
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Tracy Lawrence Official Website) - With 17 No. 1's, more than 30 charted singles on the Billboard Hot Country Chart, 10 studio albums, five specialty records and more than eight million albums sold, platinum-selling country star Tracy Lawrence is poised to write the next ...
| Powerful Response To 'Address In The Stars' Prompts Single Change For Caitlin & Will
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ BNA Records) - The passion of music is undeniable and universal. While criss- crossing the country visiting radio in support of their single 'Even Now,' Columbia Nashville duo Caitlin & Will have been playing other music from their forthcoming album, and one of those songs, ...
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Country Music Gets Refreshing New Sound
Indianapolis, IN. (Top40 Charts/ AP Sound) - Somewhere between adolescent music idol swoon-fests and slow drawl down-on-my-luck country music fables, is Kendra Lea Northgard, the fresh voice of today's country music (www.KendraNorthgard.com). Undeniably unique and compelling, Kendra's voice and presence ...
| Singer-Songwriter Mark Sinnis Spins A Southern Tale
Seattle, WA. (Top40 Charts/ SINisterRecords) - "A Southern Tale" is Mark Sinnis' follow-up offering to his highly acclaimed solo debut, Into an Unhidden Future. The overall sound might best be described as bittersweet Americana, steeped in whiskey and heartache. Sinnis' desolate tales of loneliness, ...
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Codie Prevost To Perform At SXSW
Austin, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Codie Prevost Official Website) -- THE RANCH 710 A West 6th Street Austin, Texas Saturday March 21st, 2009 Saskatchewan's Codie Prevost's schedule remains at warp speed despite only a few short months in to 2009. With the release of his current album Spin 6-Pak Vol. 1 accolades ...
| Johnny Cash's Live Performance At The Paramount Theatre 7/28/90-Original Master Recording Tape
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Ampersand Records USA /Lake Carmel Music / Navybob,LLC) -- Another piece of American musical history is going on eBay. The consortium that brought you the Original Master Tape Recording by Bob Dylan that was sold on eBay has done it again. Now on eBay is the actual Original ...
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Derek Sholl's Single 'But It Was
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Derek Scholl's Official Webiste) -- Derek Sholl's radio single 'But It Was,' co-written and produced by hit songwriter Tim Johnson, is now impacting major reporting country radio stations across the nation. Beginning today, Sholl takes a break from his extensive radio tour ...
| Multiple Grammy Winner Randy Travis To Release 'Greatest Hits' Album March 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Following Randy Travis' acclaimed 2008 album Around the Bend and DVD Christmas on the Pecos, Warner Brothers Records is proud to release Travis' greatest hits album I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis on March 17, 2009. The 32-track ...
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